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  • Turkish court rejects request to extradite Australian Daesh terrorist

    Date: 2018-07-20 07:16:31 GMT - Australia - Middle East - SN:9 - ID:7496822

    CANBERRA, July 20 (MENA) - A Turkish court has rejected Australia's request to extradite notorious Islamic State terrorist Neil Prakash in a shock ruling overnight that could see him released from jail unless Turkey decides to prosecute ....

  • President Abbas: Jerusalem is the eternal capital of Palestine

    Date: 2018-07-19 21:41:10 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:104 - ID:7496698

    RAMALLAH, July 19 (MENA) - President Mahmoud Abbas affirmed on Thursday in response to the newly enacted Jewish nation-state law passed by the Israeli Knesset -- that the city of Jerusalem shall be the everlasting capital of the State of Palestine, ....

  • Palestinian FM: "Jewish Nation State" law proves truth about Israel's democracy

    Date: 2018-07-19 19:19:36 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:46 - ID:7495727

    RAMALLAH, July 19 (MENA) - Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al Malki stressed that passing the "Jewish Nation State' law by the Knesset proves the falsehood of all Israel’s claims of being a democracy. This law is meant to underpin Israel's ....

  • Syrian army liberates two villages in Daraa countryside

    Date: 2018-07-19 15:51:09 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:73 - ID:7496325

    DAMASCUS, July 19 (MENA) - Units of the Syrian army liberated on Thursday the villages of Kherbit al Tair and al Sheikh Saad in the countryside of Daraa. A military source told SANA that army units liberated the two villages after heavy clashes ....

  • Palestinian killed, three others injured during Israeli raid of southern Gaza

    Date: 2018-07-19 14:01:59 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:54 - ID:7496081

    GAZA CITY, July 19 (MENA) - A Palestinian was killed and three others were wounded during an Israeli raid that targeted a group of citizens eastern Rafah city in southern the Gaza Strip, said the Palestinian Health Ministry. In statements on ....

  • Health Ministry: 142 Palestinians killed, 16,496 injured in March Return protests

    Date: 2018-07-19 13:52:31 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:52 - ID:7495641

    GAZA CITY, July 19 (MENA) - The Palestinian Health Ministry said that 142 Palestinians, including 18 children and two women, have been killed and 16,496 injured since the start of the Great March of Return protests in the Gaza Strip on March 30. ....

  • Putin: Terrorism suffered fatal blow in Syria

    Date: 2018-07-19 13:40:45 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:47 - ID:7495945

    MOSCOW, July 19 (MENA) - Russian President Vladimir Putin affirmed that international terrorism has been dealt a fatal blow in Syria. The Astana platform and the outcomes of the Syrian National Dialogue Congress in Sochi are the basis of a real ....

  • Israel's approval of nation-state law highlights discrimination: Palestine

    Date: 2018-07-19 12:47:03 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:40 - ID:7495673

    RAMALLAH, July 19 (MENA) - Palestine's Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Thursday denounced the Israeli Knesset's approval of the so-called Jewish nation-state law, deeming it an attempt by the ruling right-wing to redraw and restructure the occupation ....

  • Syrian army to return to its pre-2011 positions in Quneitra

    Date: 2018-07-19 12:30:33 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:35 - ID:7495715

    DAMASCUS, July 19 (MENA) - The Syrian army is reportedly going to return to its pre-2011 positions in Quneitra, according to the Syrian news agency (SANA). There are news on reaching an agreement in Quneitra stipulating the return of the Syrian ....

  • PLO: With its Jewish Nation-State law, Israel is legalizing apartheid

    Date: 2018-07-19 11:02:31 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:24 - ID:7495359

    RAMALLAH, July 19 (MENA) - The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) strongly denounced on Thursday the Israeli parliament's, the Knesset, adoption of the “Jewish Nation-State” law, WAFA news agency reported. PLO Executive Committee Member ....

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